doc/overview/ocean_biogeo_cyc.rst

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                0005 MITgcm is being used to study global biogeochemical cycles in the
                0006 ocean. For example one can study the effects of interannual changes in
                0007 meteorological forcing and upper ocean circulation on the fluxes of
                0008 carbon dioxide and oxygen between the ocean and atmosphere. :numref:`biogeo_figure`
                0009 shows the annual air-sea flux of oxygen and its
                0010 relation to density outcrops in the southern oceans from a single year
                0011 of a global, interannually varying simulation. The simulation is run
                0012 at 1°x1° resolution telescoping to :math:`\frac{1}{3}^{\circ}` x :math:`\frac{1}{3}^{\circ}` in the tropics (not shown).
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                0015   .. figure:: figs/polar.*
                0016     :width: 80%
                0017     :align: center
                0018     :alt: biogeo_figure
                0019     :name: biogeo_figure
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                0021     Annual air-sea flux of oxygen (shaded) plotted along with potential density outcrops of the surface of the southern ocean from a global 1°x1° integration with a telescoping grid (to :math:`\frac{1}{3}^{\circ}` ) at the equator.